Provenance

[1] The painting was exhibited with the Molyneux collection in New York and Washington in 1952. Sale to Ailsa Mellon Bruce according to her collection notebook, now in NGA archives (copy in NGA curatorial records).

Exhibition History

1952

French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist, repro.

1961

French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 15, repro.

1966

French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 1, repro

European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 98, repro.

1991

Coman, Florence E. Joie de Vivre: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1991: no. 1, repro.

2000

Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 37-39, color repro.